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I mean, he's seen how the bottom 4 have hit. There's not much hope if we can't get anything with Abreu and Grandal here.

It's pretty unlikely the 9 spot even comes up again, so it is what it is.

I hate the way he's managing right now, but I still think if there's one thing I trust TLR about, it's load management and managing for the playoffs. It's hard to argue against his experience and pedigree there. We'll see how it works out, but I'm just going to pretend he has a plan and knows what he's doing.

We can't even pinch hit for Seby cause Grandal is DHing...

Knowing Eloy, he'll get hit in the knee if he pinch hit.

Oh boy here comes bad Bummer to make this game really out of reach. Edit: GameDay said Andrus walked and then switched it to a strike out. WTF is going on?

I said I'd be shocked if 6-9 got more than 1 hit today. They're proving me right so far as they only have 1 and there's a chance they don't come up to the plate again this game.

I mean, it's not the worst idea considering how bad we are with guys on 3rd base.

It's easy to be dead when there's only 3 real hitters in it right now. If Robert, Abreu, and Grandal don't get it done, nobody else will.

102 off the bat at 24 degrees should go farther than 391 feet. Stupid Oakland.

Vaughn just missed that one. The ball just doesn't carry at this dumbass park.

Mendick is either positioned terribly or has no range for a SS.

It's not a good throw, but Cesar probably should have picked that.

Well that was a disaster...

Lopez's velocity is a bit down this inning.

Wow that's not even close, how did the ump miss that?

Even Andrus thought that first pitch was a strike.

Not even Billy can avoid playing shit defense.

I wonder if Lopez's velocity sucked in his last start because they made him throw one inning of relief against the Pirates 3 days before his start.

Also, I'd be shocked if we get more than 1 hit out of the bottom 4 of the order today.

When did Manaea start throwing 96? I always thought he sat low 90s.

Reylo hitting 99

These are such cheap ass hits.

Vaughn is fouling off hittable pitches and then swinging at bad off-speed pitches. That's not a formula for success.

We'd basically have to win out to clinch during the next homestand and Cleveland would have to lose all their games as well. I think it's much more likely we clinch in Detroit.